The Ombudsman of the Republic of Latvia is happy to announce the publication of the annual report 2015 in its English version.  

Catherine De Bruecker et Guido Herman, les médiateurs fédéraux de Belgique, ont été auditionnés mercredi dernier dans deux commissions parlementaires. Ils ont relayé les signaux émis par les citoyens en 2015 et les recommandations qu’ils en ont tirées.

The Ombudsman announces reports on “MD’s Follow-up Mechanism on Recommendations Made in Marine Incident Investigation Reports” on “Government's Tree Management Regime and Practices” and “Government’s Handling of four Stonewall Trees along Bonham Road” in a press conference this week.

Ombudsman Peter Tyndall has warmly welcomed the announcement by Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald, that prisoners will be able to have their complaints independently investigated by his Office.

A culture of entitlement among some council workers must be dealt with before a major scandal erupts, says Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass.

The Forum of Canadian Ombudsman (FCO) and the Professional Development Program at Osgoode Hall Law School will once again offer the popular course on "Essentials for Ombuds" from 26 – 30 September 2016 in Ontario, Canada.

Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights released a report on migrant integration with the view to provide guidance to governments and parliaments to design and implement successful integration policies. It highlights the European standards which govern this field and sets forth a number of concrete recommendations to ease migrants’ integration.

The Czech Ombudsman's Office has looked into 142 complaints against the bodies for social and legal protection of children (OSPOD) in the past two years and has found mistakes in 77 cases (54 percent).